Hand Therapist

Fairview Health Services•Minneapolis, MN

3d•Onsite

About The Position

We are seeking an experienced CHT (Certified Hand Therapist) to serve our hand therapy patients at M Health Fairview Clinics and Surgery Center in Minneapolis! The Hand Therapist is responsible for providing safe and effective delivery of patient care including Examination, Evaluation, Diagnosis, Planning, Intervention and Establishing Outcomes. FTE: 0.8, authorized for 64 hours per pay period. Schedule: Tuesday - Friday, 8-hour shifts. Full benefits such as medical, HSA, dental insurance, vision insurance, 403b, PTO, Shift Differentials, health & wellbeing resources, paid for continuing education credits, and more! Fairview Rehabilitation offers a broad range of services that serve patients across 10 acute-care hospitals, 3 post-acute settings and 70 outpatient adult and pediatric therapy clinics. Consisting of Physical, Occupational and Speech Therapy as well as Audiology and Cardiac & Pulmonary Rehab, our therapists collaborate with colleagues in all medical settings and offer dozens of specialty programs. As an academic health system with residency and fellowship programs and a rehab-focused clinical quality team, we have a collaborative culture that is centered on learning with an emphasis on evidence based, patient-centered care. Rehab’s continuing education program offers 40+ continuing education courses per year at no cost to employees and further supports numerous external CE courses each year. As a member of the Fairview rehab team, you would have opportunities for formal mentorship, clinical specialization and further recognition and compensation through our clinical specialist program. As an industry leader in rehabilitative care with nationally recognized programs, our therapists play a critical role in helping patients reach their goals and live more fulfilling lives.

Requirements

As indicated by obtaining CHT credential
Hand Therapist Credential from the Hand Therapy Certification Commission
MN License including certification to practice of physical modalities NBCOT
Basic Life Support (American Heart Association or Red Cross) by end of orientation

Nice To Haves

M.A./M.S. in Occupational Therapy from an accredited school
3+ years of experience in hand therapy

Responsibilities

Evaluates and reassesses patient condition.
Gathers pertinent data.
Performs appropriate examination.
Determines occupational therapy diagnosis
Determines plan of care.
Analyzes data to identify needs and potential risks.
Determines prognosis for recovery.
Establishes goals with patient or caregiver.
Implements and modifies plan of care based on reassessment and patient response.
Coordinates care and communicates effectively with interdisciplinary team to achieve desire outcomes.
Establishes appropriate discharge plan.
Provides appropriate and effective interventions.
Educates patient and family on appropriate care.
Complies with standards of productivity and time management.
Provides proper documentation of interventions provided and patient response.
Supervises and directs appropriate members of rehab team.
Delegates tasks appropriately to assistants/clerks/aides/transporters/extenders
Participates in department/facility process/quality improvement initiatives.
Responsible for personal and professional development to ensure current knowledge required for position.
Actively mentors or otherwise assists in the professional development of Hand Therapists
Mentors Fairview Hand Therapists
Provides periodic continuing education sessions to staff.
Periodically supervises Level II Fieldwork students